UPDATE - Tennessee DNA Legislation

Around 9:30pm on Friday, TN State Representative Steve Godsey called Joan Berry and invited her to listen in as the House opened the floor for a vote on House Bill 2649. The outcome was unanimous -- the House voted in favor of moving forward with the DNA legislation that will help in the fight against violent crimes.

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Joan Berry and other members of Johnia's family travelled to Nashville yesterday as the Senate weighed in on the state's DNA legislation and the action needed to bolster its current form.

The journey was not made in vain. In a first step at adding required DNA testing for persons arrested on charges of violent crimes, the Senate unanimously approved to add DNA technicians across the state in effort to diminish the backlog of current DNA samples.

WJHL in Johnson City aired the story. See it here.

Read about the story in the Knoxville News Sentinel here.

The Senate also has the session archived at its website here.

(To view the stream, click on Senate in the column on the left and then click on Video Streaming. From here you'll be able to choose the date of the session you'd like to watch.)